'sɪrɪːz /'sɪə-noun+similar things placed in order or happening one after another+a serialized set of programs+a periodical that appears at scheduled times+(sports) several contests played successively by the same teams+a group of postage stamps having a common theme or a group of coins or currency selected as a group for study or collection+(mathematics) the sum of a finite or infinite sequence of expressions+(electronics) connection of components in such a manner that current flows first through one and then through the other

Advanced English Dictionary

+noun (plural series)1[C, usually sing.] ~ of sth several events or things of a similar kind that happen one after the other: The incident sparked off a whole series of events that nobody had foreseen. + the first / latest in a series of articles on the nature of modern society + The movie consisted of a series of flashbacks.2[C] a set of radio or television programmes that deal with the same subject or that have the same characters: The first episode of the new series is on Saturday.3[C] (sport) a set of sports games played between the same two teams: England have lost the Test series (= of cricket matches) against India. + the World Series (= in baseball)4[U, C] (technical) an electrical CIRCUIT in which the current passes through all the parts in the correct order: batteries connected in series + a series circuit / connection

Collocation Dictionarynoun

1 number of things that come one after another

ADJ.

whole

He is in hospital for a whole series of tests.

| endless, long | complex

a complex series of events

| continuous | concert, lecture, test (in cricket)

Australia won the test series against England.

PREP.

in a/the ~

The quartet will be performing in a series of lunchtime concerts.

| ~ of

PHRASES

the first/last, etc. of a/the series, the first/latest, etc. in a series